Add mulch: Fall-planted perennials are susceptible to heaving out of the soil in the freeze-and-thaw cycles during their ...

When the warm days of spring arrive, garden centers are packed full of plants just ready to go in the ground, but is this the ...

Fall is the best time to plant spring-flowering bulbs and native plant seeds that benefit from cold stratification, like ...

Cutting back perennials in the fall is often necessary to keep the plant healthy. These 33 perennial plants are best cut back ...

Do perennial flowers reduce a gardener’s work? Perennials do eliminate the need to replant every year, but they’re not work-free, and that’s good. Gardening isn’t just about the end results, it’s also ...

For these perennials, fall division comes with substantial risks, including the inability to endure cold weather and fight ...

Now that spring has officially arrived and the sun has returned, our gardens are beginning to brim with activity. Bees are buzzing about, visiting early flowers; foliage is emerging everywhere; and ...

I admit that I am drawn to stunning swathes of blooming perennials. The drawback to a major color show is that many of these plants fizzle out at about the same time. The most successful perennial ...

Now is the time to get in your garden and pretty up your green space so you have the most enviable flowers on the block when summer arrives. Not sure what to plant? Give these seven perennial flowers ...

“My work schedule has been keeping me out of my perennial garden and now I will be on vacation until early April. Will I be too late to clean up the garden without damaging the perennials? Do you have ...